Pickup Driver Crashes Into Bus Loaded With Farmworkers

A bus carrying tobacco workers was involved in a crash with a pickup truck in Suffield on Tuesday morning. Twenty one adults, many of them tobacco workers, were brought to the hospital as a result.
July 26, 2017 Auto Liability Connecticut

Airlines Lawsuit: Loose Beverage Cart Caused Traumatic Brain Injury

An American Airlines passenger says that he suffered “chronic traumatic brain injury” after allegedly being struck in the head by a runaway beverage cart. Making matters worse, claims the traveler, the cabin crew was not prepared to deal with the situation.
June 19, 2017 Liability Connecticut North Carolina

Conspirators Guilty Of Staging Nearly 50 Crashes In Connecticut

A federal jury in New Haven has found two Norwich residents guilty of fraud and conspiracy offenses related to their staging of car accidents to defraud automobile insurance companies.
June 19, 2017 Auto Fraud Liability Connecticut

Massive Recall Of Meatballs, Chicken, Fish Tied To Mislabeled Bread Crumbs

If you want some idea of the complex interconnections of the packaged food industry, just try to figure out how one seemingly innocuous ingredient could lead to massive recalls of millions of units of everything from fish sticks to meatballs to chicken fingers.
June 14, 2017 Life & Health Connecticut Delaware District Of Columbia Maryland Massachusetts

Insurers File Motion To Dismiss Claims In Lawsuit On Behalf Of Homeowners With Failing Foundations

Insurance companies named in a class-action lawsuit on behalf of homeowners with failing foundations are looking to get the most pressing claims against them dismissed.
June 7, 2017 Litigation Property Connecticut

Employee Seriously Hurt In Schick Factory Accident In Milford, Connecticut

A woman is in serious condition after an accident at the Schick factory in Milford on Thursday morning.
May 26, 2017 Workers' Compensation Connecticut

More Travelers Purchasing Insurance Against Terrorism Losses

Leading travel insurance trends aren’t just focused on hurricanes and illness anymore. A considerable number of traveler inquiries are now seeking to make certain that they are protected against losses from terrorism, too.
April 19, 2017 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Liquor Store Consumed By Alcohol-Fueled Fire

An alcohol-fueled fire that gutted a large liquor store Wednesday may have been sparked in electrical wires, the fire chief said. "There’s no reason to suspect arson," Chief David Billings said of the blaze at M&R Liquors, 120 Tolland Turnpike.
April 13, 2017 Property Connecticut

82-Year-Old Killed By Snow Plow In East Hartford

An 82-year-old man died after police said he was hit by a snow plow in East Hartford on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday morning, police identified him as Daniel Baerga of Main Street.
March 16, 2017 Liability Connecticut

MetLife Faces Expanded $50M Lawsuit Over Unpaid Overtime

Sanford Heisler, LLP has filed a $50 million amended complaint in the US District Court on behalf of claims specialists Debra Julian and Stephanie McKinney, against MetLife, Inc., the nation’s largest insurance company, and two of its subsidiaries, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and MetLife Insurance Company USA.
March 6, 2017 Life & Health Litigation Risk Management Connecticut Illinois New York

Wide-Ranging Impacts If Funding Is Cut To NOAA

On Friday, the meteorology community was riding a major high as stunningly high-definition images came in from the nation’s newest and much-anticipated earth observation satellite. The high came crashing down that evening, though, as the first hints of significant cuts to the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began to emerge.
March 6, 2017 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Mercedes Recalls 354K Vehicles Over Fire Risk

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times: You don’t want your vehicle to catch on fire. For that reason, Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 354,000 vehicles.
March 6, 2017 Auto Subrogation Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Study Looks At Impact Of Claims On Car Insurance Rates

An annual state-by-state analysis of auto insurance reveals rates continue to increase after filing just a single claim. According to a fourth annual study by insuranceQuotes, drivers now pay an average of 44 percent more for car insurance after making a single claim of $2,000 or more.
March 6, 2017 Auto Liability Risk Management Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

Surveillance Exposed Former Police Sergeant’s False Injury Claim

A former Cromwell police sergeant was arrested today and charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud after he was seen doing construction work at his home after an on-the-job injury supposedly left him unable to work.
February 28, 2017 Fraud Workers' Compensation Connecticut

Researchers: Humans Responsible For Majority Of US Wildfires

People sparked most US wildfires in recent decades, causing longer fire seasons and increasing the amount of scorched earth, according to a new study published Monday. Researchers found that humans caused 84 percent -- or four out of five -- of the total 1.5 million wildfires studied between 1992 and 2012.



In addition, human actions tripled the length of the fire season during those two decades and were responsible for 44 percent of the total acreage burned, researchers reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
February 28, 2017 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California

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